Events
We offer a wide range of physical and virtual events throughout the year to support your employability by helping you to explore your options, recognise and improve your skills and secure placements, internships and employment.
Our events will help you to:
- find out more about possible careers and routes beyond University
- recognise and reflect on your skills and attributes
- meet employers and find out exactly what they look for in their employees
- discover great work experience, placement opportunities and graduate jobs
- understand and learn how to effectively navigate selection processes
- write effective applications and succeed at interviews
Coming up: the big Careers Fairs
Part-time Jobs and Volunteering Fair
Wednesday 8 October, 12 - 3 pm @ Octagon main hall
Join us in the Octagon on Wednesday 8th October, 12 - 3 pm, to meet over 80 organisations offering part-time jobs and volunteering opportunities in various sectors, including charities, retail, STEM, and more.
Discover work experience opportunities that will help you build your CV, develop your skill set, expand your network, and make a change in your community!
Autumn Careers Fairs
Tuesday 21st - Thursday 23rd October, 12 - 3 pm @ Octagon main hall
Join the biggest Careers Fair of the year to meet over 100 employers in a wide range of sectors – STEM, education, public sector, finance, marketing, business, legal services, and many more – discover your options, and find your next job opportunity!
Different employers are attending each day and looking to recruit for internships, placement years, and graduate jobs.
- Days 1 and 2: open to all students, focusing on organisations in STEM sectors, including those offering non-STEM jobs such as management, marketing, finance, HR, and more.
- Day 3: open to all students, focusing on organisations in a wide variety of non-STEM sectors, including education, public sector, finance, marketing, business, legal services, and more.
Use the linktree to access our student guide, see who’s coming, and add the event to your calendar!
Types of events
Careers talks and workshops
Our interactive careers talks and workshops are delivered by our friendly team of advisers, with many sessions supported by employer guests. We cover a wide range of topics to help you to explore, develop and act on your career, and we ensure that the content is constantly updated to reflect current trends and practices.
Employer events
Many organisations are keen to recruit from the University of Sheffield and our events provide you with unique opportunities to meet and get to know employers from a wide range of sectors. Our comprehensive programme includes careers fairs, networking and panel events, webinars, presentations, mock interviews and informal appointments to help you explore different careers and sectors, find out about organisations and their opportunities and develop your networks.
Access our events
You can see all of our upcoming events and book your place through Career Connect.
Many of these sessions are also available on demand, which students can access through our dedicated playlist.
Graduates can access our on demand sessions via Career Connect.
Accessibility
If you have any specific access requirements in order to attend one of our events, please let us know in advance and we will make every effort to accommodate your needs.